ANewsday (Nassau Edition) Hempstead, New York Sunday, July 16, 1972 - Page 122
It's All Just A Game Anyway by Alan E. Pollock
Wouldn't it be a sensible idea if the outcome of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was decided once and for all at the present world championship match between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky?
Just think of it. Instead of wasting all those billions of dollars on MIRVs, F-111s and ABMs to keep on par with all the Russian war-toys, we could spend the money for people's real needs.
And with the chess match deciding the future of the world, we wouldn't lose any more men in Indochina attempting to preserve U.S. influence there. Instead Bobby Fischer might sacrifice a few pawns to gain strength on one particular section of the chess board.
And finally by having the chess game decide on our fate, the political leaders of both countries would finally admit to what they have been playing all along—a cruel and senseless “game.”
Come to think of it, even if Fischer did win (so that the U.S. won the Cold War) it wouldn't mean much. We would soon lose the whole shebang to the Chinese in a Ping-Pong match.
- Alan E. Pollock, Sound Beach.
It's All Just A Game Anyway 16 Jul 1972, Sun Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) Newspapers.com
